Women’s History Month

Alice Coachman

The first Black American woman to win an Olympic gold medal specializing in high jump; she paved the way for future track and field stars Evelyn Ashford, Florence Griffith Joyner and Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Coco Gauff

At nineteen, she is a professional tennis player with a career-high ranking of world No. 4 in singles and world No. 1 in doubles

Autumn Lockwood

Made "herstory" as an Assistant Sports Performance coach for the Philadelphia Eagles when she became the first Black woman to coach in Super Bowl history.

Barbara Jordan

The first African American elected to the Texas Senate after Reconstruction and the first Southern African American woman elected to the United States House of Representatives

Keechant Sewell

First African American woman appointed as Commissioner of the New York Police Department (NYPD). She previously served as the Nassau County Police Department’s Chief of Detectives.

Marsha P. Johnson

Corporate Executive I. Javette Hines Says She’ll Always Be a Country Girl at Heart

As the first in her family to both attend and graduate from college, I. Javette Hines knew the path on which she had embarked would not be an easy one. 

Women’s History Month topics curated in global library catalog

Ketanji Brown Jackson

First African American woman appointed to the US Supreme Court; served as a judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit